2011 Virginia elections


The 2011 Virginia state elections took place on November 8, 2011. All 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly were up for re-election, as were many local offices.

Virginia Senate

Prior to the election, 22 seats were held by Democrats and 18 seats were held by Republicans. Redistricting caused the 13th district to be moved from Hampton Roads to Northern Virginia and the 22nd district to be moved from the Roanoke area to a district stretching from Lynchburg to Richmond. Republicans gained two seats, making the Senate tied with 20 Democrats and 20 Republicans.
Four incumbent Senators chose to retire: Fred Quayle, Patsy Ticer, Mary Margaret Whipple, and William Wampler Jr.. In addition, two Senators, Ralph K. Smith and Bill Stanley chose to seek re-election in new districts: Smith went from the 22nd to Stanley's 19th, while Stanley opted to challenge incumbent Democrat Roscoe Reynolds in the 20th.

Results

Note: Only races with more than one candidate running are listed below. Unofficial results from the State Board of Elections website.
Party abbreviations: D - Democratic Party, R - Republican Party, IG - Independent Green Party, I - Independent.
DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2011 Result
1stJohn MillerDemocratic2007ReelectedJohn Miller 51.7%
Mickey Chohany 48.1%
2ndMamie LockeDemocratic2003ReelectedMamie Locke 65.4%
Thomas Harmon IV 34.4%
6thRalph NorthamDemocratic2007ReelectedRalph Northam 56.6%
Ben Loyola 43.3%
10thJohn WatkinsRepublican1998ReelectedJohn Watkins 56.6%
David Bernard 43.2%
13thFred QuayleRepublican1991Retired ;
Republican hold		Dick Black 57.0%
Shawn Mitchell 42.8%
16thHenry L. MarshDemocratic1991ReelectedHenry L. Marsh 69.0%
Preston Brown 30.5%
17thEdd HouckDemocratic1983DefeatedBryce Reeves 50.2%
Edd Houck 49.7%
19thBill StanleyRepublican2010Elected in 20th District;
Republican hold		Ralph K. Smith 56.5%
J. Brandon Bell 43.2%
20thRoscoe ReynoldsDemocratic1996DefeatedBill Stanley 46.8%
Roscoe Reynolds 45.5%
Jeff Evans 7.6%
21stJohn EdwardsDemocratic1995ReelectedJohn Edwards 55.9%
Dave Nutter 44.0%
22ndRalph K. SmithRepublican2007Elected in 19th District ; Republican holdThomas Garrett, Jr. 58.1%
Bert Dodson 41.8%
23rdSteve NewmanRepublican1995ReelectedSteve Newman 77.8%
Robert Short 21.9%
25thCreigh DeedsDemocratic2001ReelectedCreigh Deeds 64.4%
T.J. Aldous 35.5%
27thJill Holtzman VogelRepublican2007ReelectedJill Holtzman Vogel 74.6%
Shaun Broy 23.2%
Donald Marro 2.1%
29thChuck ColganDemocratic1975ReelectedChuck Colgan 55.0%
Tom Gordy 44.8%
30thPatsy TicerDemocratic1995Retired; Democratic holdAdam Ebbin 64.4%
Tim McGhee 35.4%
31stMary Margaret WhippleDemocratic1995Retired; Democratic holdBarbara Favola 58.1%
Caren Merrick 41.7%
32ndJanet HowellDemocratic1991ReelectedJanet Howell 60.3%
Patrick Forrest 39.7%
33rdMark HerringDemocratic2007ReelectedMark Herring 54.1%
Patricia Phillips 45.8%
34thChap PetersenDemocratic2007ReelectedChap Petersen 59.7%
Gerarda Cullipher 40.2%
35thDick SaslawDemocratic1980ReelectedDick Saslaw 61.7%
Robert Sarvis 36.0%
Katherine Pettigrew 2.3%
36thToddy PullerDemocratic2000ReelectedToddy Puller 55.4%
Jeff Frederick 44.4%
37thDave MarsdenDemocratic2010ReelectedDave Marsden 53.8%
Jason Flanary 46.2%
38thPhillip PuckettDemocratic1998ReelectedPhillip Puckett 53.0%
Adam Light 46.9%
39thGeorge BarkerDemocratic2007ReelectedGeorge Barker 53.1%
Miller Baker 46.8%
40thWilliam Wampler Jr.Republican1988Retired; Republican holdBill Carrico 66.9%
John Lamie 33.0%

Virginia House of Delegates

Prior to the election, the House of Delegates consisted of 58 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 Independents, with one vacant seat previously held by a Republican. Redistricting eliminated three seats: Southwestern Virginia's 2nd district, the Martinsville-area 10th district, and the Norfolk-based 87th district. These three seats were moved to Northern Virginia. Republicans gained seven seats from the Democrats and one seat from a retiring independent, making the House's composition 67 Republicans, 32 Democrats, and 1 Independent.
Thirteen incumbents chose not to seek another term in the House: Bud Phillips, Bill Carrico, Dave Nutter, Jim Shuler, Bill Cleaveland, Clay Athey, Adam Ebbin, Bill Janis, Watkins Abbitt, Jr., Paula Miller, Glenn Oder, Harvey Morgan, and Albert C. Pollard.
Three Delegates retired in order to seek State Senate seats: Bill Carrico opted to run for the open 40th district seat, Dave Nutter decided to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator John Edwards in the 21st district, and Adam Ebbin chose to run for the open 30th district seat.
Del. Ward Armstrong decided to challenge Republican Del. Charles Poindexter in the 9th district rather than retire.